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Global macro-economic trends, their impact and future implications for strategic planning, leadership and change

Monday 30 November 2026 · 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM WAT · Online · Free to attend

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30Monday
November 2026
Time
2:00–3:00 PM WAT
Length
One hour, including Q&A
Where
Zoom · link emailed on registration
Cost
Free · places limited
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Why this session

Most strategic plans were written for a steadier world than the one we now operate in.

Over the past year, a disruption to energy supply has travelled through inflation, interest rates and government budgets, and from there into the decisions of every organisation that borrows, hires, imports or depends on public funding. At the same time, artificial intelligence is advancing in jumps and not in steps, and the business models of entire professions are being repriced. Governments and companies alike are moving from “just in time” to “just in case”.

None of these developments arrives alone. They arrive as chains, and they move slowly, then very fast. Behind them sit newer trends that are only beginning to show, and which few organisations have yet built into their plans.

The organisations that cope best are not the ones with the best forecast. They are the ones whose planning, leadership and culture were built to absorb a shock and adjust.

In this free one-hour webinar, Wale Buraimoh sets out what today’s global trends, and tomorrow’s, mean in practice for those who lead and plan.

What the session covers

Four questions for those who lead and plan.

01

The trends that matter now

The global developments reshaping the operating environment, and how they connect to one another.

02

The trends still forming

Emerging developments that are only starting to appear, and how they may affect businesses in the years ahead.

03

What it means for strategic planning

Why traditional planning cycles and risk registers miss the threats that sit between categories.

04

What it means for leadership and change

What leaders should do differently, and practical steps to make an organisation more resilient.

Running order

One hour, start to finish.

All times West Africa Time (WAT).

2:00 PMWelcome and introduction
2:05 PMThe trends that matter now
2:20 PMThe trends still forming
2:30 PMImplications for strategic planning, leadership and change
2:45 PMQuestions and answers
3:00 PMClose
Date and time

Monday 30 November 2026

2:00–3:00 PMWest Africa Time (WAT)
Who should attend
Chief executivesBoard membersHeads of strategyPlanningPerformanceRiskTransformation

In the public and private sectors.

Your speaker

Wale Buraimoh

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Strategy Management Office

Wale has spent more than 20 years building strategy and performance systems for government, semi-government and private organisations in the United Kingdom and the Middle East.

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